SWAT, Pakistan, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Sixteen people were killed and 42 injured when a bus carrying a wedding party plunged off a road in northwest Pakistan Sunday, authorities said.
Swat district police told Geo News the bus was taking a family from Mingiora to Mallam Jabba to attend a wedding. The driver lost control while making a sharp turn on a mountain road at Speenay Obba village.
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The dead included five women and three children.
Police and neighbors took the injured to Saidu Sharif hospital for treatment.